Economic theory and financial policy : selected essays of Jacques J. Polak, 1994-2004 / Jacques J. Polak ; edited by James M. Boughton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polak, J. J. (Jacques Jacobus), 1914-2010.

Contributor:

Boughton, James M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Monetary Fund.

International finance.

International economic relations.

Foreign exchange.

Physical Description:

xx, 290 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2005]

Summary:

This collection of essays, published under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund, brings together the most current writings of one of the founders of modern open-economy macroeconomics. As former Director of Research and a member of the Executive Board at the IMF, Jacques J. Polak has advised theoreticians and policymakers worldwide; his work has affected nations and their citizens. The selected essays are divided among three central themes: The Role of the International Monetary Fund; New Thoughts on the Special Drawing Right (SDR); and International Economic Policy: Theory and Practice.

Contents:

The essence of Bretton Woods

The international monetary issues of the Bretton Woods era

Fifty years of exchange rate research and policy at the International Monetary Fund

The IMF and its EMU members

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

The articles of agreement of the IMF and the liberalization of capital movements

Should the SDR become the sole financing technique for the IMF?

Streamlining the financial structure of the International Monetary Fund

International liquidity and the role of the SDR in the international monetary system / with Peter B. Clark

The IMF monetary model at 40

The two monetary approaches to the balance of payments

Is APEC a natural regional trading bloc?

Financial relations between the Netherlands and Belgium, 1943 to 1993

Repairing the international monetary system.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765616149

OCLC:

56108688